Sir — Projecting itself as the champion of suffering Muslim women and ready to grab any opportunity to paint the Opposition as unsympathetic to them, the Centre successfully got the instant Triple Talaq Bill passed in the lok Sabha. However, a number of parties, who were opposed to the Bill, view the BJP’s piloting of the Bill as a bid to erode the discretion that Muslim organisations draw from the body of Muslim personal laws in India.
At a time when a majority of Muslim theocratic states have banned this practice, it does not stand to reason that India, with a Constitution that professes a secular lineage, continues to abide by this custom.
In Pakistan as well as Bangladesh, triple talaq is not only outlawed but also punishable with imprisonment ranging from a year and above. Be it Egypt or Tunisia, no Muslim man is allowed to get away with pronouncing an oral triple talaq without an attendant penal liability being visited upon him.